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1 - Morning Post J i X. rSv- i-JLA-, q 1L .O.-IDJ RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1900 No 87. ii Ml So Murderer Kinsauls to Cheat the Gallows MAY 4 BE SUCCESSFUL Governor Grants Reprieve for a Week HIS THROAT BADLY CUT First Took .tlorphlne, and an Ilonr Before the Time for Ilia Execntloa lie Retired to Ilia Cell, Feigning Sleeplneaw, "W hen He Slashed III Throat "Will Not Be Hansed by a 1'opulUt the Sanms.m county i murderer, who was sentenced to pay the - . . . . l - . I Ieuh pe'nalt'v for his crime at Clinton '. i . . ,. ..o-n- nvninnrH fcw life i yesterday, tompoiarily prolonged his ,lfe tis the result of a self-inflicted woun l. j bv wliich he hoped to defraud the :ai- lows. Kinauls made two efforts yesterday to shuffle this mortal coil in advance of the Mhed'ihd event, which was to end hi earthly career. He first tried th? mor phine route, and was unsuccessful in this attempt, he slashed his thioat with - , - - . " - - . the unfortunate man fo another week. ! The tir-t m-w of Kinsa ill's attempt on h: life came to the jzoveinor yesterday mriiinz in the fdl-wnisr telegram: "i: cu:i ii ef Kinsauls p.tponru t;n j " . Fridav. f-'uejiber 14, llHJU. Kepne.e i .;.i.- . . : Toe follow hii: -nccinl wns received t-y ; Tiic r st nigh fr- ni iis Wilmiiisiton j ci- re-p iiiu u: : . j W!minir-...n. X. ('.. S.-id. 7. Spc-CLal. Arch:e Kinsam attempted suui ie tie l:'T lliil. lie took tit teen intrplnn. tr-liiCts. li'U tiny did not nave, trie oe Micl vffeci. it is thought he had atw ia i: tli. in. To.i.tv ore hour Ikm'o c t iii- 1 the ext'futio'.i the oudenned n:a'i s--Kd th" :ii watch pcnni-sion t r to his e!l, :u:d sleep tii'l the ho :r ii. .'if. v::s -ranted permi-si-ni. ii! t;n itoiir trie wj: :i went in ami iou:. . , . i j o'.ioi ;.-1 iM-nioerats. in u iinsauis ta;l that he would never allow a Third Party man t' hang him. He claimed that the'jail authorities refus d t i allow Denioevats and members of his family to see him. but admitted lV pu lists who took advantage of t hi.-opportunity to S'-vft" and jeer at him. It is reported here that feeling is in tense at Clinton. The Populists are said to ! openly exulting over Kinsaul's dis- o-.ntot t tire, while Demoerats are hoping that he will die from his wounds. INEW YOllK FAfTIOSS COFER. Ttao Only Statement Given Ont Is Tbat There Will Bs Harmony. New York. Sept. 7. There was an im portant conference of the leaders of all factions of the State Democracy today at the Hoffman House. Bichard Croker, ex-Secretary Murphy, Jr., Frank Camp bell. Perry Belmont, State Senator P. H. MeCarren, Corporation Counsel John Whalen ;Tnd ex-Goveruor Stone of Mis souri, who looked after the interests of the national committee in his capacity of chairman of the sub-committee of that body, were present. The conference was pledged to secrecy and about all that any. of them would admit was that an earnest effort, and partially effective, had been made to secure harmony. Justice Earle'of Al bany "was mentioned as a gubernatorial possibility. Senator Murphy said that Mr. MeCarren had visited Hugh "Mc Bailghlin today, but declined to say what had been discussed beyond the statement that harmony was practially assured. CURTAILMENT BEGIN George B. Hiss Says Cotton Will Reach Tivilre (Tents by January , Sept 7.-Spedal - port adopted at the ixTot governors -spinners relative to Charlotte,- X. C, Sept. 7. Special. Sneaking of the rt last meeting o the .f unnrtiprn cotton -spinners the curtailment of ontput of mills, Geo. B. Hiss, secretary of this organization, said today that a number of cotton mills i his week are signifying their purpose t curtail their product for the next two months. He said that many mills began to lessen their output even before the action of the board of- governors. He paid further that in his opinion cotton would rvach 12 cents by next January. Taking Precautions Against the Plague London. Sept. 7. Ex-Health Officer W. T. Jenkins, commissioner of the New York Boanl of t Health, has gone to Glasgow on behalf of that body, after having had an interview here with the secretary for Scotland. Ixird Balfour -fliiison. N. t .. r-t. i, r.w. fr,,in Tien Tsui via Mianchaj today ro-n i.mnn to IVkiu and negotiate i : iivt'i-iii n 1. 1.. Kussell. Kali ich. N. C: i irt; sixteen additional murders of Prot-. n.-nco if s-iifirnnrotMl " the protection "Kinsauls lu'.s cut ins threat Sv rio isly j ttant missionaries in the Feng Ch-.i-jaii the powers (than if offered the sup -i ti.1 H.M-reirs think fatallv. Wire i:itruc-: f .m.l Takn stations d Tiring July, nf nlv one or a part of them. ti.'iis. The victims, the dispatch adds, iveie ! Important developments are exacted "J. M. MAKSIIRUKX. Sheriff." ! Ainericahs chiefly. Anxiety is feit for thoby t-arly next week, by Avhich the powers Governor Bussell thtMi iit-d to Sheriff f:lte nf other missionaries in Chi-Li prcv- j will be brought into harnlQ'uy and be-able M-.i-" tuiMi or l"!irirni is fiwltiws: i .,.,. en itour the wj.::i went in ud fonr.rt ua,....--.c....v. y- .f thg bpst bodies of Chinese troops in h:."i waUouiog in Mood w;i!i a pcr:et : Gapi Town. Sept. t .Major l.nrrn ; rh5n., .taken mostly from the soldiers of k he in his hand, lie bad cut two deep Baden-Powell arrived here troin the front ahe. one e-n-h side of his tin-.. a:, at i o'clock this morning, lie was re- T,fl s(nistict. collei-ted by the bureau n:ul had hied f ml v three pints. Phy-i- ci lved at the railway staiion lj 1 Iie I nf militarv information in regard Ito the . iar- w.-re . allid a, oi.ee. The. a-e mayor and the council. I no ortizens : h KIKi0i. Viceroy Liu Kwen Yi certain that Kinsau'.s will n-)vtr. Sh-:i:f turned out en masse to welcome lum. 9hnY.s tn.lt nt. js supposed to have 20.01M) Marshlmru wire-i the g-.vernor. who au- marching to the station with bands and :ln)0j)s ,nHrr h-s comniand. but this is thorized u reprieve for one week. flags. ,r i i i i ' probablv double the number actually uu- letter received here todav ad.l.s-d The hero of Mafeking nligbteit from his (iil.et.tlolK a report made by an to Sheriff Marline-. Jai.er Miilis ami (the train amid a storm of cheers the i oflU.Pl. who vj(nVed some of these troops ... - - - ' i kb a mm a a a m ai nn - rm .w n i ED BY R POP Made Two Attempts are also alert in regard to ijic bubonic plague situation. Drs. Hough and Thomas are now. in Glasgow, and Dr. Anderson, who recently arrived from the continent to supervise conditions in London, has gone to Liverpool to inspect cargoes. These officers have been (in structed to prevent the shipment of Smyrna figs to America. SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS A Bible Society Agent Writes of the Massacres In China Highfield, Md., Sept. 7. Iiev. John IMthe allied forces should be kept there Ilykes, agent orf the American Bible Society at Shanghai. China, has written a letter to Mrs. Jane A. Marshall, his wife's mother, at Highfield, under date of August HHh. He says: "Wt- are having exciting times in Chiira. It is distressing to hear day after day of cruel massacres of helpless women and innocent little children. No less than 150 foreigners have been mur dered, so far as we know, since these iririloits utrjiuu, iiiui inc yiiv-. 13 .uwi j 11. 'pne French consul general says that, so .- 1. L - . 1. .1 . . . V. 1 . ... . roubles began, and the end is not yet. far as he has had reports,- he knows that the numler of Roman Catholic native ohritians massacred in the province of iv-Chi-Li alone reaches the appalling tot.il of m.txxj. At least -i.uw irotest- ant converts have been killeu in tnese troubles. - "We seem tpbe perfectly safe in Shanghai. We have twenty-two men-of-wir hiMv niul .more are exnected dailv. A telegram from Hong Kong today says , that two regiments of Indian troops arejiU.0ther note, and there is confidence ex- to leave for Shanghai this afternoon. The Chinese are much concerned about j j Ol J I China." Sixteen Tllfsslonarles Killed tri i Tlie Jndon. epr. i. -n Tiniaieo repoi i : imi ministers will be mucn more n X lit MIU1U1!! U -..iwv iltll'li ntlll i u-- i u v -v F,--' Taku are in the province of Sh'-nsj. Mis-j settling, through an international com ".iouaries an maintained ther - by the , mittiM, indemnities, treaties and the Congregational church. These foreign , manner of guaranteeing the carrying out r it,in rr i niiiii n nil i -i r i-i r i ninun ' frj iviriiiiitiii ;iimi mi- I onirics or liiai ueiionuuauou nv oi sucu an ;i;;nTimiu. tit?imel at these places before the The War Department has received no Boxer outbreak: information confirming the report that U Feng Churn: E. R. and Mrs. E. G. i large bodies of Chinese troops are march Vtwater C. W. Price and Mrs. E. J. f ing northward through the provinces of 'price Vt Takn: 1. S. and Mrs. Mary I. i Hunan and Ilupev. Shen-Si, -whence the Cl ipo J B. Thompson. G. L. Williams. ! report was sent to the Japanese foreign Misses Alarv B. Partridge and Kowena ottice, is directly west of IVkin. white Jird. Mi-. Mary A. Williams and. Mrs. D'Etta Thompson. I lillll Sir Alfred Milner. high commi siOner. of South Africa, had his carriage in Escape ofa Condemned IHnrJerer Freehold. X. J.. Sept. 7. William Bul- lock, .the condemned iigro munlerer of Chief of Police Walsh, escaped from jail here during last night. His mode of escape was -a difficult one and was evi- dentlv planned and accomplished with outside assistance. Bullock cut a hole through the cement floor of his cell under his cot. Under the cell and jail floor was an open passage. The space is barely wide enough for a man to crawl through, but Bullock managed it some - ,.... ..,,,i thn .in iinwti tlio hricW wnil jmd iin and out. His accomplice evi - dently" startefl the hole on the outside, as the earth was piled around it there. The Thomas to Sail for lanlla San r rancisco, cept. . Hjraers navei been received directing the shipment to . . . .l t u m: San Francisco, Sept. 7. Orders have IICCU rt-l'fl t (III ft UIl luc oiiiin-trn l lu the Philippines on the 'transport Thomas of 450 recruits now in camp at Presidio, i band playing "jee rue ioiMiueiuiy unu !hlfftW) thf trouble in China says: waiting, but. the crowd mounted the ,,.. wpvp nrmpd with three di ! general on- the shoulders of citizens j . u.nAA of rjHes. They were land he was carried by them to the ; .atu.(i anj apparently well fed, but government house. .-u drilled or well disciplined." Ike recruits were enlisted at vanaus,coin uwimcu i pa- mvi,tau uic .u points throughout the country and sent China. There were 120 travellers in the here in. small detachments, where they . Cabin, while the steerage held 300 Chi- mm. . 1 l v VwVl T f were formed into recruit companies ana.nese uvuicnmu uuuuu. dri.aed Tho hfilmirtpr'i" Wank nnd t.wo bflt talions of the Fifth Infantry, now at! Presidio, and one battalion of the Ei.cilithl Presidro. and one battalion of the lMCi!irn Infantry, now en route from the w est in shape to depart September 10th. Savlacs and Loan Failure. i ittsnurg, oepi. i. me rmu tenuis Savings and iloan Association of Ie- Keesport, Pa., is (insolvent, and the Mer- cantile Trust Company of this city has own appointed -temporary receiver. An Pittsburg, Septt. 7. The Fifth Avenue alleged discrepancy of 82,000 has been 7: n a fn,mM. i i v i- j a aa iaai. nv v. i.w v. The Cash value of tthe association is $4C7,G90;04. The failure is the largt in tho hwtnrv rT liti'llrlinp' nnrl infln J1SSO- ciations in the State. Nearly seventeen . 11 1 . J T'A. 3 11 hundred mm worners naa aepwneu n their savings in the concern, expecting to buy homes. Twenty People Injured. ljIIlCWU, u-i-u., l. . (i i iiifjj ine jiroduction last night of the "Battle of lf..:i. " hv a ti ron-rtr1!.- mmnam- irv V.v baseball parK, a section or tne anipmthe- .. . .. ti 4fiat in lmrhh (nllanaArl ini.i.. - m Am . "I discovered m the accounts of a former ; -"V iders, who will declare that secretary, but no proceedings have been j hneiners are cowardly and it is ex mstituted. ... 1 .J:a ,nf thia tcill to rpnewed dis- THE PEK1N PROBLEM Powers All at Sea in Regard to Pressing Questions WAITINGON ONE ANOTHER How Many Troops to Keep at the Chi nese Capital Is Under Discussion De velopments Expected Next Week: by Which the Powers Will Bs -Brought Iuto Harmony Reported Adrance or Chinese from the Soath Washington, Sept. 7 The question now 'being considered in regard to the occupation of Pekin is how many troops it will be advisable for the powers to leave there if Russia modifies her course and remains. The length of 'time that Ln(1(lr nv ae.reement of (the nowers is unaer any agreement ot iue iiuweia i , , . , tu -c also being discussed. Irom the various attitudes of the nations on these ques tions it is hoped that the United States will be able to suggest a happy medium which will find favor abroad. The President and his cabinet mem bers in town, including Attorney Gen eral Griggs, Secretary Wilson and Sec retary Hitchcock, held their regular Friday meeting today, butt, owing to the fact that Secretary Boot was out of town, it was said that Chinese matters did not come up for much discussion. The suggestion that will soon be made to the powers by the United States were fully gone over, however. It is said that this government may wait to hear from St. Petersburg before promulgating , that Ilussa -will not insist on ' . Tt w. ;ti nr il III KV'i 1 1 J t C k M " has recently passed through a most se rious crisis. This seems 'to be the be lief of most of the powers. It has also been pointed out that the imperial family weiy for of the provinces of Hunan and Hupei are considerablv to the south. If it is true that (icneral l.ui is commanding tne (oice it means that he has with him one 'Thnv were a fine bodv of men. many - -.,, f t-nlomlirl r1i vsirmo. The m.l- . ;,,r:tv nf thm were Hunan men. The ffer- well not plined IMio s.nne officer saw a section Of .,.(M)0 men belonging to Viceroy Liu's force and garrisoned n't Kiang Sin un ' dor General L.1, whicn. ne says, corn- ' prised two six-gun batitenes of artillery jand two squadrons of cavalry. He adds: "1 saw these men on paraae us wen j as manoeuvering over the country. They were a very fine lot of men, well turned j out and well drilled. They had been i drilled by German officers." j The reported movement of the troops has cans?! no alarm among army officers ; Mho are of 1he opinion that if trueit ! shown th mfc tho imperial court ds nroba- i bly going to return to Pekm and de- sires to 'e escorted there by a sufficient force to insure its protection. Large Passenger List for China r utu;u, ocpi. . auc j. otmi. mail steamer China sailed yesterday for TI rr Tv rn cr -with thp liirrpst Tin asn fflp.r ....... -" . - . Hong Kong with the largest pas.wger list in her history -and with ?1,500.000 in ENGLAND SCENTS TROUBLE ; Chln.e will Be Emboldened by the j H..itatlon of the Powers ing turbulence in China are more or less ominous, lac iuwrusuaai.un- ot . u powers in the matter of adopting a deh - nite and harmonious policy of . .reprisal, .. . fprp w;n vet bear fruit mtne neWed lives The hesitation of ; etf ' "!JtVmnArirAwnPiit for renara- nponthetapem "rr;:;,!w : tion Will pe usea as capital tue uirj , . lanjfofl! w tl A Tt 1 1 1 flC 1 Jl TP - mil t in virions nnrts of the empire ! it . a- - , Vt tlXTll-L-JC. : troimie. - , - m ri t 1 ' . . . . l . . I i t aiSpatCIl -.rum uaviiauia ' - tne native - prisoners iu i'""'- i' which source many reliable reports-ha ve wnicu resuited in -the death of four and emanated since the .beginning of theitlie wounding of fifteen of them. ,ki iTi nhinn. sflvis that the Jamnese foreign office has received a telegram s, en-Si. - dted SeOtember 4th, nt hlack Wnicn estttteo iui aja.-- 'flags are marching nrorthward throogn V. i-m-inot! nf TTnmflTl and HUPei." ie provinces of Human and upe,. I m x 1 . a mm P WTn The are no further reports irom tau V ing on riot and it is feared that a seri ous outoreaK may occur at any time. A dispatch from Paris says that the French consulate at Shanghai .tele graphed that the viceroy of Nankin has granted an escort to Kinkiag for the apostolic vicar of Southern Kiangsi and two missionaries whose lives have been threatened. The consul also obtained an epoort for a French missionary jn eastern Kiangsi. - Earl Li' Asks for an American Escort Shanghai, Sept. 7. Earl Li Hung IChang has requested the protection of an American escort on his journey north. Consul uoodnow as con! erring -wiin mm. NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia, Sept. 7 Chicago should have won today's game handily, but eirors presented. Attendance, 1,847. The score: It. H. E. Phila. .1010002116 12 0 Chicago . . . 30000120 06 15 4 (Jaine called on account of darkness. Batteries: Orth and McFarland; Hughes and Donohue. Umpire, Emslie. New York 5, St. lionla 3 New York, Sept. 7 Pitcher Jones and First Baseman McCann lost the game for the Perfectos at the Polo grounds tlii nftuniiioTi TIip same was well , - - t u T played and close throughout. Both Jones j awlev did ?00(f work. The score: H. Ii. New York . . 101010 0 2 x 5 8 2 St. Louis. . . . 21000000 1-3 1 Batteries: Hawley and liraay; jones and Bobinson. Umpire, - Gaff ney. Boston 5, Cincinnati 6 Rnctnti. Sont. 7. Gincinnalti won out in the ninth inning today by a lucky combination of hits and a base on Dans. Willis held the Beds down to six scat tered bits in the first seven innings. Thf score: lv. ri. 11.. -Boston . . . 101 0 3 0 0 0 0-5 12 0 Cincinnati . . 10 00 100 13-! 11 Batteries: Willis and Clarke; 1'hUlips and Kahoe. Umpire, onyaer. . -i Brooklyn 6, Pittsburg 6 New York, Sept. 7. By far the most exciting ball game seen here this year was played by the Pittsburgs and Brook-u-W -it Wn shins-ton Park this afternoon. The, result was a draw, the champions tving the score m tne nintn inning, at i.A nH nf whieh TlmtWre O'Dav called the game on account of darkness. Both McGinnity and Waddell were hit freely at times, but the sensational fielding by both teams kept the score down. Brooklyn tied the game with a home run by Pahlen, wnicn neJttea two runs. Thf score: B. H. E Brooklyn . . . 10200002 1-6 10 0 Tifrhiirc . - . 0 10102 0 206 11 2 Camp rnlled on account of darkness. Batteries: McGinnity and McGuire; Waddell and Zimmer. Umpire, O'Day. TRADE IS LOOKING UP Developments During the Week Mainly Favorable IRON TRADE IMPROVING Crop Prospects In the South and West Better Than Expected Export Be niand for American Goods Increases -ThA Situation Bcomlnz More Cheerful Commercial Paper Dis counted at Higher Bates Xew York, Sept. 7. -Bradstreet's of tomorrow will iyi Trade developments this week have been mainly favorable',, and the improve- anent in general distributive business noted in the latter part of August has gathered force in the first vsreek of Sep tember. Leading features have been the widening fall, trade reported at nearly all points west, south and on the Pacific coast; some improvement in the jobbing demand at the east with southern buying a marked feature; rather better reports from the two great staple crops of the west and south, corn and cotton; im proved export demand for American pro ducts, notably wheat, iron and steel and cotton; a growth in cheerfulness, albeit with some irregularity in prices of iron and steel, and unvaryingly good returns by the transportation interests of the country . The. irwn -nil stPAl trade continues pos itively cheerful in tone and a large busi imc vjacmu-i r , i a x- , ness has been and .inS r; A imnortnnt crams in nnces are reportea. Dun's Trade Beview New York, Sept. 7. Dun's weekly re view of trade tomorrow will say: The volume of business does not mate rially enlarge at the east and there is only moderate improvement at the west and south but if expectations of greater activity when politics cease to disturb are realized, current operations will be fonnd to have laid a substantial founda- ; . h business in commercial d conateral loans are not ; PJSjlheVit has given the general ll heslStv appearance. ""UBV1' , ; " oi; - Mf pper rtlch to !J two weeks ago, is now quoted at 4 per as a .minimum, and at .the slight advance city banks are. again -in ine in competition with s buyers in comuuuu - . ti(ms. K"" J ' Meeting In a Filipino Prlaon. Washington, Sept 7 Mail advices to the War Department from Manila give i details or a aespeitttc ; details of a desperate mttii.y Protest Against the Beer Tax. Toledo, O., Sept. 7. The Ohio Brew ers' Association, in convention here, has I f."; w-V dittv of $1 per adoDted a resolution oemanuiugiuau - uu-s ... -11 Tiir ui in in a mm a . , - - r - V i ! nc ii Hn iii arniuH Lord Roberts Pushes Opera tions Against Boers TRYING TO FORCE A FIGHT Rritt.i. Hon That a. Decisive Bttle I British Hope That a uecisrre May Be Brought on Soon Desultory j i Fighting Goes on Almost Constantly j with Small Losses on Both Sides- I Boers Abandon the Selge of Lady brand Upon the Approach of Belief London, Sept. 7.-General Roberts con-; tmues to push operations vigorously in South Africa. There is every reason to ; believe that a decisive aotion "will be ! ,,i,4. ;tv.- a TS,Qt.. in a fpw 1avs fought with the Boers m a few cays. Buller is fighting a large force ot theithe men in controi or a majority of the Wrrlioxi ' nn tVio T,vdPTibnrs? Toad. and : will soon have the co-operation of Ian : HamiltOn. ! The British garrison at Ladybrand, ; which had been surrounded . by a force of Boers that fled to take Win-burg, has! .. . . t f rini ' been relieved by Lieutenant-Colonel , v mie. , numerous places, during which both the 1 British and the Boers have sustained lrriendg of Comptroller Coler, notwith some losses. - 1 standing 'his apparently hopeless effort General Roberts' latest dispatch to the! to. secure the gubernatorial nomination. War Omce is dated Belfast. liftrWW. o, ana sajs; : . . w;tMrftWn. Some of then "general Paget reports tnat in an eu - a cement near Waimbaths. he had one: killed, nine wounded" and two taken prisoners, including Surgeon l'oy, was captured while attending a wound- ed man. The enemy directed his lire; chiefly against a kopje, which was aly defended by two mountain guns unutr command or Captain .eweiiyn, oi lue British South African .police, and a com- pany of the Minister. Fusiliers. . The coon y:Sa between 4,000 and 500 . general Ian Hamilton got througn to uuistroom yesreruay, naviug cuwuu-, ": CnA lno-thv minereoct tered slight opposition.. He is now mov-; terday,, and had l a lengthy adeV in nionff thf Lvdf-nbur" road and is in with him. It is saicl tnat rne xxoy it.i.uci. SgnSSf cmmnkion0 1 whuBuHer, ; U negotiating for the ectron eandi whose guns he can hear and who informs dates who will 1 ae I me that he has been engaged dnring the ; now that the C o movement h eto n convention at enSE&&Si' brig.de of cavalry Tu Af joined Hamilton's column at Baeton. lie are still insistent. They claim that an renorts that a train proceeding south ! agreement was made at .Kansas ynj wS? fired at last night near Bunk St that Mr. :Mackey should haye S' tinr' A few horses were shot. Previous- ha tovial nomination. - it saa . uiai. 1 v the patrol of Bushmen were fired at-! Messrs. Croker '.and urphy am eiidea'v Ifear thle .same place. One was killed oring to haveIaekey accent he and two wounded. . ; ond .place on the ticket This Jph "Two strong columns, oae under Cie - m on ta a n t tho othpr under Hart, are now moving about the district near Krugersdon and Johannesburg. "A post held by 125 men of the Cana rtinn Mnnntprl Ttiflcs. suardinsr the vail- way between Pan and "Wondersfontein, was atnacked at daylight this moving bv a bodv of the enemy under Command - ant Treekhart with twoyguns and on ponivon.- Colonel Mahon, who was marenmg wimiu a it-w umc ui i".v - at the time, proceeded to -rne assistance. assistance they had but commanded, and Lieutenant Moddie were both slightly -wounded. Two pri- vates were wounded and -six are missing, "The party of the enemy which failed; I11 Jh? !a!!S held by one company of the AYorcejter vao-imont nifl t"CVO small tTOGOS Of the mmperial yeomanry. The Boers surround ed the position in wnicn tne iroops ere entrenched and called upon our men i r U immftn li-. no- sun-euuei. ii ,-.1 thp r e-ims oncned fire and com- menced a heavy bombardment "On the news reaching ma x telegrapn- ed the olficer commanding on no account to surrender, as General Kelly-Kenny had informed me that hearing the Boers were making for Ladybrand, he had ar rnnrorf to send a small column to Lieu . tenant-Colonel White to the garrison s assistance. At the same time i ordered Sir Archibald Hunter to send Bruce Hamilton's brigade iby ran irom viu- bur"' and Kroonstadt to Bloemfontein to be ready to assist White's small force if required. The enemy failed in their object, fired 320 rounds into our position, which ocewpied a front of about half a mile, and kept up a heavy rifle fire at the same time. !, lL "I was informed .yesterday by tfe wtc'ion-t lAmmissioner of Basutc-mtid thnt a .small union jacK was sua nymg vjuicagu, ii..--i-- n over Ihe fntrenchmints and this after-j Payne of the ""gfK r noon I received the joyful news that theimtttee has given out a lt of 1 i &onrSd been reUed by White, our publicans regard s certain Mc gasnaltiei being only five wounded.- Kmley, Ah&eZl$tcaUed lwmtui. -- . I Bof rs Liberate Prisoners - - Cl i. T .XTina vfftvro nf til A Pretoria, enrpt. .v. . i -oertaiu --" "; 10 T- Imnerial Yeomanry, who were among -Connecticut C, Illinois 24, Iowa Id, lvan thc British prisoners at Nooitgedacht, isas io, Maine U,. Massachusetts hid in excavaiLous wmcu " ""uv.uicmgan j.-, jxiimv " -vZZt- 'xt: in their tent and when the other off icers ; shire 4, New JerseyTO, Isew Xork jo. were releasea ana seui uu i" i " " xsorxn jukuiu , , rv" thev -were nowhere to he found. They i Pennsylvania 32, Rhode Island 4, South subsequently escaped, , j Dakota 4 Vermont 4 "f Jd 4 lOSeXTUeiitijr v .v VVhen tne piuer uuiiio "- ..ftvi Commandant ViJioen came among them and said: . "You a re free. 1 am senoing escort with.yptt to show you 1 linps. Keen- tosether. j, UUX v ' lOOt liilt- I. J sneakinrg to sowuers oi tne quetm auu Mgim i"-"-"' : Trpn- Ke confidence in ou. I hope that the Fighting-gronnd-Delaware 3,fl . Ken nKt time w5 meet Ve shall bV friends." ! tucky 13, Mary and 8 raa .8, West The prisoners - were then started for Virginia' C Indiana yM .o - - fwnn .. Thev state that Total vote., 447. Necessary to elect. j"H"l " mw-- on the day before that on which they -sn-ere liberated three trains neariug guua; " J i;L, v,irr.llv Ihromrht f New Idea In Customs Taxes El Paso,' -Tex.," Sept. 7. An unparal leled case has been recorded m the Mexi can custom house in Juarez. Two fine compartment cars the property of the Mexican government, built for the use 'f prident"T)ia and his cabinet, were held by the custom officials for the pay- ment.of duty w the.. ta-used in manufaer-'f .af jhe cars. The cars were built ivi --fin. rout to the Citi -Jaqn a?Bj wkU the cars has teiegi.., ' fDias for an "order to release the cars' fromv custom officials. NEW YORK POLITICS "X' Democratic Leaders NotTst Agrevd on Candidate for Gorerner iXew York, Sept. 7 Hugh McLaughlin, the Democratic leader of Kings -county has refused openly to support Coinp- c,x)uer 1511X1 a- ,orer ror tne nommatio f e-nvemnr. H- h-s fldvi-jAd .Mr. rinW- to withdraw and refuse to permit th use of his name in the convention. Sixty: af the sixty three delegates from Kings TO 15Vltu tne yer-.uurpny:, mhinaftiin rno n cjam.hl v rfwt-rivr- in. which the comptroller lives was permit-, ted to instruct its three delegates fotf him. Affwsssrs. Cmlrr flnrl if m rrvfi v it nnrw in? control of a large--majority of the dele- - gates of the conyenUon and they have no Jt is said however, that Mr. McLaugh- na's decision against Coler has not rid the situation of all its complications. wtV canuwiate ror tne guDernatoriai nom . . . . fi . . fldlies-ates. It is hinted that considerable diplomacy .will be, required to simplify thr nrpcunt situation- PSllt.'"! Jl 1 IV in tllir l!s,ti.;Knfinn -.f tha, minor nffirpa nn tK? St t e ticket. The favorite candidate for' governor today is said ro bo John B. Stanchfield. if he can be induced to accept the nomi- tion WQic.h i5 doubtful. His selectioa as tne neati oi me uck.ei, uuwein, itib table to the Erie county dele gateg aecording to reports received roi - - : - - -; b , o . nTjS(,n!ltnP win. '"l.r" ? AT" r"" Zr'CX however ,unu say --- ; u" t, Tl? it , hoira- that Mr, be -a losing tight. " i-Jw-riii: m ul- u-s t T-"" 7, t ions with McughUn d Jt l""""r that th-e King . tn i(nA u4 - i"eJlr t0 lend strength to : the ; P11?- rip. i irM ; nearo. "uF,- , however, aoes noi -v to the 'friends of the Erie county aspi rant. MISSIONARIES BKSPOSSIBLE ; ftrsons cbarre Made Against Catholic , t' M.,uedl.f in China . a .-i New Yoik, Sept. 7. The Presbyterian p' . f poreiKU Missions has received. i lot-tpi from iiev. J. ouauiari, j dflte o August 10,. in which that 1 1resbyterian missi0aary, statio.nel at j ponble for the uyrisin? in Ch j,;s1inst foreigners. Hi.s letter says, j !" .. . - Mrn, ,ftf1 nf tnA nPonle and officials for (ic missionaries has been mani- tested everywhere. In some 'villages' Catholic chapels have been destroyed, while Protestant missions were not touched, and officials have been known not" to protect the Catholic missionaries, 10;""' clTrtrrlinr iimnle ro..ailuuut,u "-"V .r" run iui mo 1)rotection of otner iorci l,r.Y,1, isrners.- ---- - . , llle Ulin?iViia.LJ ""rf - - . I.. A. i : m.ii' an monlfl Ollll- rV, mieamnaiT S3VS mail UK UUUfV , . t nn missionary will here- 1 I I- III .1 . - . III' umiJiuu luub v l tn mttemDt a policy which endangers the lives of all. foreign ers in China. He says that if ,-nstead ifAnr in nolitiical affairs tlifc Ul llli.Clitiu V , I missionaries would favor some court ft . womd lanreiy remedy the eviL . V board of arbitration, he says, would . estkblisTied to settle dispute have been established to settle dispute? in the Jsingpo Uistnct last jei, ir because the English Methodists wofld not co-operate the attempt failed. BRYAN CANNOT WIN So Says Vice Chairman Payne and B Submits Flgre Chicago, 111., Sept. 7.-Vice.Chairratn- a, a... i ,i.i;,.on Viitlonal Com. itisrhting-ground. The electoral tuh-, - a k -f TortiP. follows: - ; Uijureu uj - -. , n Certain ior ;ufiiuicji-vi..."' i? , 1 miwii. - - . o rrnl . v iswusiu a, '- T u 11 r Conceded to uryan--Aiu;t--. , Ikansas 8, Colorado 4, ionaa , wr- t .v. .V mJi.l.llR j - 224. ?; v of; florins iue "7 i:uA11fV,w Ycrk ont Bryan's election without New xcric. J him the benefit of every possible doubt. and he still wo ma not uai; -v. to elect him." , meKiales Letter of Aeetptaaee Washington, SepJ. .Prwident Mc Kinler has completed his; letter of .ae ceptance and will make it pubUc in th newspapers Monday mortting. . ' . a small gia 13, Idaho 3, bouisiana o, tne roaa tO;j, Missouri it. L" " f; Do not j North Carolina!, g" Hint I smiT..nM 12 . Texas: 15, Utah, i, Virr
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 8, 1900, edition 1
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